What is the test for dismissing an appeal by a party that refuses to comply with a lower court order?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Kaye v. MGM Equip. Leasing, LLC, G050732 (Cal. App. 2015):

Under the disentitlement doctrine, "[a]n appellate court has the inherent power . . . to dismiss an appeal by a party that refuses to comply with a lower court order." (Stoltenberg v. Ampton Investments (2013) 215 Cal.App.4th 1225, 1229

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